NEVADA — Although Tuesday morning started out cloudy with a chance of rain, it did not stop Mike Wheeler, youth from the Wyandot County summer youth work program and the three Wyandot County commissioners from donning shovels and pry bars and carrying stone to attempt to straighten up veteran’s headstones at Nevada Cemetery.

A rural Upper Sandusky couple visited city council Monday evening to express concern over a dangerous low-head dam that has been the site of three boating fatalities in the past two and a half years. Mike and Karen Gillen said they live near the problem area on the Sandusky River and wanted to know what will be done to warn canoers and kayakers about the low-head dam.

John McCallister knows football and more importantly, he loves it. McCallister, 66, of Upper Sandusky, has been involved with the game since he played in high school and college, along with a couple of stints as head coach before his true passion came to fruition — evaluating talent.

[portfolio_slideshow showtitles=false exclude_featured=true] Fireworks light up the sky during the annual Independence Day display Friday on the north side of Upper Sandusky. The display is sponsored by the Upper Sandusky Area Chamber of Commerce, with certified pyrotechnicians Bill Sturgeon, a retired fire chief, and his daughter, Leslie Hayman, donating their time to set off the fireworks.

Aaron Maginn helps make barbecue chicken dinners with Upper Sandusky firefighters during the department’s annual fundraiser Saturday. Beginning before daybreak, volunteer firefighters cooked 1,000 half-chickens.

Members of Under Duress kick off the acts of six local bands that played during the Wyanstock music festival Saturday.

Imogen Brooke and Kamisha Milon were finally able to put a face to a telephone voice Wednesday evening when they met for the first time, although the meeting was not actually planned. Both girls had spent time with Alinda and Arthur Rosvanis as foreign exchange students at Upper Sandusky High School.

Airblasting on the completely wrapped tower has been delayed at least a week due to weather, Midstate Contractors Inc. project supervisor Steve Gilmore told the Wyandot County Commissioners at a weekly update meeting on the restoration project Wednesday at the Wyandot County Courthouse.

There is a new face at the Wyandot County Veteran’s Service Commission to help assist the 1,700 veterans who live in the county. Nancy Israel started as the agency’s financial investigation officer June 23 and will be assisting Veteran’s Service Commission Director Theresa Miller.

COLUMBUS — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday approved the installation of mast-mounted flashing lights and roadway gates at rail crossings in Wyandot and Seneca counties, including at the location of an April 2014 crash that injured a Cloverdale man.